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No. 520,803. Patented June 5, 1894.

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'NITED STATES PATENT FFIQ EDMOND REDMOND, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

PRINTING ATTACHMENT FOR BICYCLES BPEGIFICA-TION forming part of LettersPatent No. 520,803, dated June 5, 1894. Application filed November 27,1893- fierial No. 492,193. (No model.)

of which, in combination with the action of the bicycle in its progress,letters or figures can be printed in ink or paint on a sidewalk orpavement. I attain the object by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of theapparatus in combination with a bicycle. Fig. 2 is a section of theapparatus.

The ink fountain Bis attached to the frame of the bicycle A by thesuspending arm b, a in whichthere is a joint that allowsthe fountain Bto be moved to or from the rear wheel ing roller d. If desirable, wordsin raised or depressed letters can be made on the face of the bicycletire and a smooth-faced roller 61 be employed to ink it; the effectbeing, as the bicycle goes forward, to print on the sidewalk any wordsthat are made on the bicycle tire, a pneumatic tire being preferable.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a bicycle-of an ink fountain, attached to theframe of the bicycle, and means by which the ink from the fountain isconveyed to the bicycle tire, substantially as described. I

2. The combination with a bicycle frame and the wheels thereof of aninking apparatus attached to the frame, and means substantially asdescribed controlled by the rider, whereby the inking apparatus can bethrown into and out of contact with one of the wheels, as set forth.

3. The combination with a bicycle of the reservoir B, flexiblesuspending arm CL, 1), inking wheels df and lever c.

4. An inking apparatus for bicycles consisting of the fountain B, therollers 61, f, the flexible suspending arm a, 12, provided with meanswhereby the apparatus can be attached to a bicycle frame, and theoperating handle a, all substantially as described and for the purposeset forth.

EDMOND REDMOND.

TVitnesses:

OWEN REDMoND, EDWARD M. REDMOND.

